Arsenal’s record goalscorer Thierry Henry has become the most wanted TV football pundit, being chased by the BBC, Sky and BT Sport.
Henry, whose playing contract with New York Red Bulls runs until the end of the 2014 MLS season, made an immediate impact on Sky’s midweek Champions League coverage. Sky and their arch rivals BT are both known to be keen on signing him up on a regular basis.
But it looks like the BBC are in pole position to build a lasting relationship with the charismatic Henry — also famous for his ‘va va voom’ Renault Clio car commercials.
Henry will be in the studio for Saturday night’s Match of the Day highlights show and has already agreed, in a major coup for the Beeb, to work as a football analyst in Brazil at the World Cup during the MLS mid-season break.
Although ITV look, to have a more exciting selection of World Cup matches, the new BBC pundit partnership of Rio Ferdinand and Henry is more attractive than the ITV line-up.
Henry’s advisers say it is too early to say whether he will commit to full-time punditry when his playing career finishes.
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